Modern Art Was CIA ‘Weapon’

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The key Artist: Jackson Pollock Completion Date: 1946 Style: Abstract Expressionism
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Pollock world's most expensive painting

 Jackson Pollock's No. 5

For decades in art circles it was either a rumour or a joke, but now it is confirmed as a fact. The Central Intelligence Agency used American modern art — including the works of such artists as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko — as a weapon in the Cold War. In the manner of a Renaissance prince — except that it acted secretly — the CIA fostered and promoted American Abstract Expressionist painting around the world for more than 20 years.
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